My little children, for whom I am again in the anguish of childbirth until Christ is formed in you. Galatians 4:19
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profaning of the Lord's Name, and the taking away of His glory, is the
inveterate habit and course of the old creation nature. Should you see any of
the old creation getting into the realm of the things of God, what is the
result sooner or later? That man takes the glory, and dishonors God. Is not
that the tragic, dark story of "the Church"; man in his old creation
powers and life pressing into the things of God, and making a name for himself?
The Church has been the happy hunting ground of men for reputation, position,
influence and all such things. The flesh always does that. It takes God's glory
away, it profanes God's Name. In order that that might not be so there must be
a new creation, where all things are of God.... I see the appalling state of things
today amongst the Lord's people everywhere; death, weakness, limitation,
defeat, failure, inability to stand up, to go on; and, without being critical,
censorious or judging, you have to come to the conclusion as you speak with so
many, that the measure of Christ is pathetically small. Sometimes when you
speak about the Lord to people, who have borne the name of Christian for many
years, they gape at you as though you were talking a strange language.
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